downwards

英 ['daʊnwədz] 美 ['daʊnwərdz]

• adv. 向下
• =downward.

双解释义

adv. (副词)

1. 向下地,下行地

   towards what is lower

英英释义

Adverb:

1. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position;

   "don't fall down"
   "rode the lift up and skied down"
   "prices plunged downward"
   

例句

用作副词 (adv.)

1. He lay face downwards on his bed.
   他俯卧在床上。
2. The path led downwards to the village.
   小径向下通往村庄。
3. The monkey was hanging head downwards from the branch.
   猴子头向下倒挂在树枝上。

常见句型

用作副词 (adv.)

1. He lay on the floor face downwards.
   他面朝下趴在地板上。
2. The garden sloped gently downwards to the river.
   花园呈缓坡向河边倾斜。

经典引文

• Small, thick writing,..running downwards on the page.

  出自： R. Lehmann

• She ferreted in her bag; then held it up mouth downwards.

  出自： V. Woolf

• From his nose and cheek-bones downwards his beard hung straight.

  出自： M. Sinclair

词汇搭配

用作副词 (adv.)

动词+～

• face downwards 面朝下
• slope downwards 向下倾斜

词语用法

adv. (副词)

1. downwards也可写作downward,尤其在美式英语中。

近反义词

【近义词】

• downward 向下
• downwardly downward的副词形...
• down 向下

【反义词】

• upwards 往上